Chin Na in Groundfighting: Principles, Theory and Submission Holds for All Martial Styles

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Written by a Captain in the Vancouver Police Department, Chin Na in Ground Fighting focuses on the use of joint locks, cavity presses and bone misplacement to subdue an aggressor. Theory, principles and techniques are included. This book limits the techniques to those that would be used in a ground fighting (wrestling) scenario. Many of these techniques have been proven by Al Arsenault in the line of duty. Part One focuses on history, science, pressure points and vulnerable parts of the body. Part Two presents detailed instructions for submission holds for arms, legs, neck and head.

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"Al Arsenault and Joe Faulise's Chin Na in Ground Fighting covers techniques useful for all martial arts styles...this proves an invaluable guide." The Bookwatch

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Al Arsenault began his pursuit of the ways of pugilism in 1971, obtaining black belts in Okinawan, Japanese, and Chinese martial arts. He was a highly-decorated member of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) from 1979-2006, where he assisted in the training and education of its members in control tactics and non-firearm weaponry. He currently trains in, and helps to teach, Judo at the VPD Judo Club. Mr. Joe Faulise has been training and has had an interest in the martial arts since the age of thirteen. He began training in 1973, when he was encouraged by his mother to try out for the wrestling team at school. He learned that the coach also owned a judo school and began training there as well. He did wrestling in the winter months and judo in the summer months until 1977.